Dr. Hashim Abdullah Yamani, President of King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy (KA-CARE) will lead the Kingdom’s high-ranking delegation to the 4th Nuclear Security Summit scheduled to be held during in Washington 31 March – 1 April 2016.
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Naif bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior received at the Ministry of Interior today U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom Dr. Joseph W. Westphal. During the meeting, they discussed a number of issues of common interest between the Kingdom and the United States of America for the enhancement of bilateral relations between the two friendly countries. The meeting was attended by Deputy Interior Minister Abdulrahman bin Ali Al-Rubaia and Deputy Director General of General Intelligence Lieutenant General Abdullah bin Ali Al-Qarni.
The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRELIEF) distributed yesterday 4,000 food baskets in the areas of Mashrah and Hadnan and villages surrounding them in the Yemeni Taiz Governorate. This comes within the distribution project of 100,000 food baskets to be sent to this area within the coming days.
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud chaired the Cabinet's session at Al-Yamamah Palace in Riyadh this afternoon.
King Salman commenced the meeting by briefing the Cabinet on the outcomes of his talks with South African President Jacob Zuma during which they reviewed the fields of cooperation and ways of enhancing them, particularly in the military field. The King also briefed the Cabinet on the outcomes of his meeting with the Speaker of Georgian Parliament Davit Usupashvili.
The Jeddah-based Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) today condemned the barbaric bombing in Lahore, Pakistan on 27.
Secretary General of the OIC, Iyad Ameen Madani, expressed his sincere condolences and deepest sympathy to the families of the victims, most of whom were celebrating the Easter festival. He wished the injured quick recovery, and assured of the OIC's fullest support to the leadership, government and people of Pakistan in confronting terrorism and crime.
The Riyadh-based King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRELIEF) distributed yesterday 20 tons of dates in Hibbaan Directorate in Yemen's Shabwa Province through AlKhair Coalition for Humanitarian Relief as part of a program devoted to the relief of the province.
The Command of Forces of Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen announced today that 9 Saudi detainees were repatriated and 109 Yemeni citizens arrested in military operations near Saudi Arabia’s southern border were handed over within the framework of calm previously announced on March 8, 2016.
The first meeting of the Islamic Military Alliance to combat terrorism was held in Riyadh today. Military chiefs from the member states vowed to “dry up terrorists’ resources.”
Brig. Gen. Ahmed Asiri, spokesman for the alliance, said the representatives of the 34-country Islamic alliance discussed a unified strategy to degrade terrorism. Ideological, media, financial and military aspects to combat terrorism were discussed.
Saudi Arabia today strongly condemned and denounced the terrorist attack in the south of Baghdad. In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed the Kingdom's condolences to the families of the victims and to the government and people of Iraq, wishing a speedy recovery for the injured and stressing the need for concerted efforts to combat and uproot this dangerous phenomenon.
The Minister of Housing today signed a memorandum of understanding with South Korea’s Ministry of Land, Transport and Infrastructure for the construction of 100,000 housing units in Riyadh over a ten years. The Saudi-South Korean consortium included Korea’s Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co. and Hanwha Engineering and Construction Corp., and Saudi company Pan Kingdom Company (SAPAC).